The Seattle Thunderbirds will play in front of their first sold out crowd in their new arena on Saturday, January 10th. The ShoWare Center at 625 W James St, is the new home for the Thunderbirds. People from all over the greater Puget Sound region are coming to participate and show their support.
Tickets and scheduling information are available at www.seattlethunderbirds.com or www.showarecenter.com.
Photo courtesy of Seattle Municipal Archives
KentReporter.com is reporting that the King County animal shelter in Kent is about to be expanded. The existing structure will add 3,000 sq ft to improve the quality of housing for the animals, and will add a vet technician program on site.
According to David Leohndorf, the veterinary nursing programs director for PIMA, "There's a huge demand for vet techs". The 66 week vet tech program has a new unit starting every 6 weeks, with a classroom handling up to 24 students.
The official plan is to have a grand opening in January, but could start using the facilities in December.
Photo courtesy of ^Vanessa^
Shannon Harvey, from Cascade Elementary School in Renton, was awarded The Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award. According to the Seattle Times, Cascade has "gone from 48 percent of students passing the reading test of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning to 81 percent passing the test".
For her exceptional leadership improving the education in her school, Ms. Harvey was awarded $25,000. She is making a difference in our community and with our future leaders. Here are some photos from the Milken Family Foundation Website.
Congratulations Shannon!
Kent and Covington, we are continuing to thrive! ! Just last year Kent was voted number ONE "Best place to live" by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Kent grows again! While the Kent Commons enriches our downtown area with it's public recreational facility and cultural activities (among other things) the Kent Events Center will balance that out nicely as our first professional sports arena and home of the Seattle Thunderbirds. My family can hardly wait to have a major league sports team in town!
Artist's Rendering of the Events Center
